Hyderabad, July 22 -- The Telangana High Court on Tuesday, July 21, quashed a criminal case registered against Telangana minister and Mulugu MLA Danasari Anasuya (Seethakka) in connection with an alleged violation of COVID-19 restrictions during a protest held in 2021.

The case stemmed from a hunger strike organised on April 26, 2021, at Indira Park in Hyderabad, where Seethakka, along with several Congress leaders and party workers, demanded that COVID-19 treatment be brought under the Aarogyasri health insurance scheme.

The Gandhi Nagar police had booked the participants, alleging that they staged the protest without prior permission and violated COVID-19 norms, thereby risking the spread of the virus. After completing the investigati...